King’s Road, Brighton. A bird’s-eye view taken from the top of Queen’s Hotel

The view takes in the turnings of Black Lion Street, Ship Street, Middle Street and West Street in the middle distance, beyond which was W H Mason’s Repository of Arts Gallery.

The owners of the Star & Garter (on the right of this image) are described as ‘Smith late Boxall’. Laurie Keen in his ‘Close Up’ article in the Argus Magazine of 17/9/16 wrote that the Star & Garter was in place in 1785, from an advert in the August of that year, but it was not a hotel at that time.

Illustrated in The Old Ship: A Prospect of Brighton by Raymond Flower. Croom Helm, 1986, p 88.

Also illustrated in Old Brighton: A Collection of Prints, Paintings and Drawings by Eileen Hollingdale. George Nobbs Publishing, 1979, p 45.